WCDMA

Eul Scheduler

EUL Scheduler
The uplink resources managed by the EUL scheduler are:
The air interface (Uu) interference load
The RBS hardware consumption as measured in Channel Elements (CEs)
E-DPDCH carries user data (scheduled and non-scheduled;ex RRC signalling);
E-DPCCH carries control information (ex: happy bit - signals to the EUL scheduler whether the UE is happy
with the current scheduled rate, or if it requires an increase.)
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E-AGCH - Absolute Grant Channel. An absolute grant (AG) is sent by the EUL scheduler to a terminal to
give the user an absolute rate allocation expressed as an E-DPDCH/DPCCH amplitude ratio. It is only
sent from the EUL scheduler in the serving cell.
The more E-AGCH channels that are configured per cell, the more AGs that can be sent in parallel in the
same 10 ms period.
The AG contains the following:
The E-RNTI (identification) of the terminal the grant is targeting;
The maximum amplitude ratio the terminal is allowed to use;
E-RGCH - Relative Grant Channel carries relative grants to a single terminal or to a group of terminals. If
the EUL scheduler detects overload, it can send a DOWN command, indicating to an E-DCH user to
reduce its rate with a predefined step. The command is sent to one or many users that have a nonserving link in the cell.

EUL Scheduler

The scheduler operates on cell level for the air interface interference load. The EUL scheduler
itself is responsible for allocation of the available base station pooled hardware resources and
the allocation of UL air interface load consumption on the cell level towards E-DCH users.

EUL Scheduler

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It is assigned an initial minimum hardware

allocation and a scheduled grant of zero kbps
UE request more rate (happy bit)
UE is assigned to a minimum hardware allocated
= 32kbps
UE request more rate (happy bit)
EUL scheduler checks all resources
EUL scheduler assigne UE to eulTargetRate
UE request more rate (happy bit)
The increase in the scheduled rate with the
maximum step size at each consecutive
scheduling action continues until there are no
more resources to schedule, or the UE signals
that it is happy, or the grant reaches the
maximum value that it is allowed for the user
(MBR).
At the point when the UE has finished sending
and there is no more data
coming from the terminal the scheduled grant is
eventually reduced (back)
to zero kbps. However, the minimum hardware
allocation is kept until the
connection is released.

EUL Scheduler
Rescheduling
It is performed by a decrease in
rate for one E-DCH user to
accommodate an increase in
the rate for another E-DCH
user.
An inactive user with a high
scheduled rate is reduced to a
scheduled rate corresponding
to the minimum hardware
allocation level and released
resources can then be
allocated to other users.
An inactive user with a scheduled
rate already corresponding to
the minimum hardware
allocation is after another
short period given a
scheduled rate of zero kbps.

EUL Scheduler
eulTargetRate = 128
eulLowRate = 32
eulMaxAllowedSchRate = 3968(435 sites) and 4480(19
sites)
Obs.: With the current value of 10msTTi the maximum
rate is 1448kbps.

EUL Scheduler
User Priority Handling
The internal priority for a user is determined by:
1. Granted rate for that user and
2. The Scheduling Weight eulSchedulingWeight .
A lower rate means a higher internal priority. A lower
Scheduling Weight means a lower internal priority

EUL Scheduler
Overload Handling
If overload occurs (i.e. Uu or HW),
the EUL scheduler then chooses:
1) The E-DCH users with the lowest
priority in the resources
2) Reduces the Uu rates and/or the
hardware consumption rates
3) If necessary more users are
selected in the reverse priority
order (the lowest priority first).
4) Tries to reduce to low rate
eulLowRate.
5) If necessary it reduces users
down to zero rate
6) A cell may have both serving and
non-serving users downgraded

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EUL Scheduler
UL Uu Load Estimator
Provides the EUL scheduler with information so that UL
interference can be kept within limits.
Two types of headroom are estimated:
Own cell interference .The maximum own cell
interference tolerated is eulMaxOwnLoad. If the
own cell interference is above this level, the
headroom reported to the EUL scheduler is zero.
Coverage estimate. The purpose with this estimate is
to dynamically allow as much EUL throughput as
possible without compromising the planned cell
coverage. The maximum total interference
tolerated is eulMaxRotCoverage.
The load is converted according to the formula:
L =1 - 10-B_IUL/10
BIUL = noise rise in dB
L = load
Ex:

3 dB noise rise corresponds to 50% of the pole

capacity
8 dB noise rise corresponds to 86% of the pole
capacity.

eulMaxOwnUuLoad =80 (8dB)

eulMaxRotCoverage = 100 (10dB).

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